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Topics and Section descriptions for the NCEES Software Engineering [PE Exam](http://ncees.org/exams/pe-exam/).
I'm just learning about this. As I understand it, it is currently being used to formally license Software Engineers in the US. The methodology is described in this (paywalled) paper from...
This is really, really good. I shoot for the top 10-20% of code reviewers/review turnaround time wherever I'm at. Unfortunately you can't really measure it, at least when you're hiring or looking for a new position.
(although maybe... you could set up webhooks w/ github to publish data on turnaro...
Since "derivatives" came up in another post on Conceptual debt, I thought I'd put this here. There's been a fair amount of work in this area, though I've not kept up.
Don't do infinite scrolling on a web site, but if you have to, these are some good guidelines. Mobile infinite scrolling is more useful, so follow the guidelines here.
I may have edited the title a little. There's some meta commentary too, but I thought just the comments make a good read.
tl,dr; green exec has the mental model of developers as machines in a factory. How to correct?
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Exec in question is part of a young startup and is still wet-behind-the-ears.
In discussion about why they want continuous delivery (don't ask), they insisted that having open PRs ...
I'm a Ruby developer and author with a few products for sale. My product business pretty much went dormant as I gave up some of my writing habits. This interview is about how I tried to get back to building it up again.
I've got 4 kids and life is getting busier by the day so I thought people here ...